CRIME & MYSTERY. Volume 1 of Crime Scene Asia features over a dozen delectably horrid crimes that take readers on a chilling trip through the dark underbelly of contemporary Asia from Vietnam down through Thailand to the Malayan archipelago and then, after a frightening swing into the Philippines, on to India. Crime, like so many other things, has a local flavour. This volume gives the distinct flavour of crime in six of Asia's most dynamic and fascinating lands. The pieces are fiction, but often read like the more attention-grabbing stories in newspapers or news websites.